Quill v. North Dakota

Congress Has Had 26 Years to Address Online Sales Taxes. It Is About To Fail One More Time

It appears that Congress is about to miss its last real opportunity to address the online sales tax problem before the Supreme Court rules on...

March 21, 2018Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

A Terrible Response to the Internet Tax Mess

Ten months ago the Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation aimed at sorting out the mess over online sales taxes, which consumers owe but states rarely collect...

March 18, 2014Howard Gleckman

State and Local Issues: TaxVox

The Supreme Court Opens The Door to Sales Tax Collections by Online Sellers

Yesterday, by doing nothing, the U.S. Supreme Court took a giant step towards ending the decades-long dispute over whether states can require online retailers to...

December 3, 2013Howard Gleckman

State and Local Issues: TaxVox

Five Things You Should Know About the Online Sales Tax Bill

The Senate is close to passing a bill that would let states require online and catalogue sellers to collect sales taxes on the products they...

April 23, 2013Howard Gleckman

State and Local Issues: TaxVox

A Fix on the Horizon for the Online Sales Tax Mess

A bipartisan group of 10 U.S. senators would allow states to require online retailers to collect sales taxes on all purchases, as long as the...

November 17, 2011Howard Gleckman